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CLEP Analyzing And Interpreting Literature

Subjects : clep, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A struggle or clash between opposing characters - forces - or emotions.






2. An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one.






3. A humorous moment in a serious drama that temporarily relieves the mounting tension.






4. A brief witty poem - often satirical.






5. The omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable to preserve the meter of a line of poetry.






6. The matching of final vowel or consonant sounds in two or more words.






7. Two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable.






8. A line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter.






9. A fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter.






10. A phrase or expression that has been repeated so often it has lost its significance.






11. A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a seperate stanza in a poem.






12. A figure of speech involving exaggeration.






13. A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas - characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style.






14. The dictionary meaning of a word.






15. A story passed down over the generations that was once believed to be true.






16. The voice an actor takes on to tell the story in a particular work.






17. Refers to a writers use of language - including the use of literary techniques - word choice - and sentence structure - that sets one writer apart from another.






18. A recurring pattern found in a work or works of literature; the pattern is usually representative of something else.






19. A long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero.






20. The point after the climax where the action begins to drop off and the events of the plot become clear or are explained in some way.






21. The measured pattern of rhyhtmic accents in poems.






22. The reason the author has written a piece of literature.


23. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist.






24. A form of language in which writers and speakers mean exactly what their words denote.






25. A type of poem characterized by brevity - compression - and the expression of feeling.






26. A strong pause within a line.






27. The vantage point from which the writer tells the story.






28. The character or force with which the protagonist conflicts.






29. Poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme.






30. The grammatical order of words in a sentence or line of verse or dialogue.






31. Prose writing about real people - places - and events.






32. The way people speak in various parts of the country or around the world.






33. A story passed down over generations that is believed to be based on real events and real people.






34. Imitates another literary work using humor usually to make the author and/or the work appear ridiculous.






35. The group of readers to whom a piece of literature is directed.






36. A poem that tells a story.






37. A division or unit of a poem that is repeated in the same form - - either with similar or identical patterns or rhyme and meter - or with variations from one stanza to another.






38. A historical or literary reference to a person - place - thing - or event that the reader is expected to recognize.






39. An imaginary person that inhabits a literary work.






40. Spectific characteristics are applied to an entire group of people and are used to 'classify' those people as part of a 'group'.






41. As the conflict(s) develop and the characters attempt to revolve those conflicts - suspense builds.






42. The narrator is outside of the story and is all-knowing or 'God-like' because he/she knows everything that occurs and everything that each character thinks and feels.






43. Broken down acts.






44. The use of symbols in literature to convey meaning.






45. Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or story.






46. A word that closely resembles the sound that the word is supposed to make.






47. A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones.






48. A figure of speech in which two things are compared using 'like' or 'as'.






49. An accented syllable followed by an unaccented one.






50. A metrical foot represented by two stressed syllables.